COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Deep golden amber in color, our Oktoberfest is brewed with generous blends of imported malt and hops. This Limited Edition Lager is delightfully balanced and very smooth. A perfect complement to autumn!

Pour is a brown with almost no head at all. Aroma is deffinatly malts with some fruitness and a nice hop quality. Flavor is bready malts with some more of the earthy hop quality. Probably the most hoppy marzen i have had in awhile. Not bad for this brewer.

On-tap, served in a stein mug.
Poured a clear reddish copper with a rocky slightly off-white head, slowly settled into a thin sudsy lacing. Plentiful supply of flowing micro bubbles.
Aromas of toasted grain bread, hints of caramel, light apple fruitiness and subtle herbal hops.
Crisp medium body, a tad too much carbonation for my liking, but overall, a smooth drinker. Grain bready in the beginning, ending with a nice toasted sweet caramel. The mild fruitiness has the taste of white raisins sprinkled over a wedge of green apple. Softly earthy hops add a spiciness to the dry nutty caramel finish.
Not a bad seasonal offering from Mendocino, better than I was expecting, surprised to see it on-tap.

Bottle. Dark amber or golden brown color with a one finger head and a nice malt rich aroma. Caramel malts, bread dough, floral hops, and fruit are all in the aromas, which are fairly interesting for a Oktoberfest. Mouthfeel is viscous and sticky, and flavor is just right at that border of being obnoxiously sweet. Sweetness comes through almost as a white grape juice presence... definitely fruity. Interesting and different.

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